Facts about The British Empire 1 : Was The Foremors Global Power

The British Empire has originated by England on its possesions of overseas and trading post in the late 16th and early 18th centuries. It was the largest empire in history and for over a century. So it has foremost global power.

Facts about The British Empire 2 : Land Area

It had covered more than 33.700.000 km2 (13.012.000 sq mi), or can be said almost a quarter of The Earth’s total land area. Because of this, so The British Empire also called The Largest Empire on its history.

Facts about The British Empire 3 : Its Power

The British Empire has much of progression on its political, legal, linguistic abd cultural legacy is widespread. The power was too high. When it on peak of its power, there is a phrase “the empire on which the sun never sets”. That phrase describe how strong the power that the empire has.

Fact about The British Empire 4 : Lose Colonies in 1783

After the American War of Independence, thirteen colonies under The British Empire had their independence. That makes the land area descrease. Then The British Empire turned its attention toward Asia, Africa and The Pacific.

Facts about The British Empire 5 : Cause of First World War

United States and Germany had eroded lead economic of British Empire. Then subsequently tension on military and economic between British and Germany became the major of First World War.

Facts about The British Empire 6 : Colonies Decrease After Second World War

The British Empire achieved teritorial after First World War, but it no longer on Second World War. The British colonies in Souh-East Asia were occupied by Japan. And then there was the declining of the empire.

Facts about The British Empire 7 : King Henry VII

King Henry VII had a big merit on exploration overseas of Spain and Portugal, discover a route to Asia via North Atlantic by John Cabot. It occured on 1496. It the early era when The British Empire had its succesfull.

Facts about The British Empire 8 : Colonies in North America

First permanent settlement in Americas had founded by Captain John Smith in Jamestown on 1607. Bermuda also claimed as England as a result of the 1609 shipwreck of the Virginia Company’s flagship.

Expanssion of The British Empire held in the ship. It had some great captain that completely lose its enemies. So that war in the sea could be win then it got new land area colonies.

Facts about The British Empire 10 : Establish Network between England, France and Netherlands

Establishing The British Empire because of there was trade networks between England, France and Netherlands. But in a series of wars in the 17th and 18th centuries, Netherlands and France left England. And then England had union following Scotland.

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